Calathea lutea, le Cachibou, est une espèce de plante herbacée du genre Calathea de la famille des Marantacées, originaire d’Amérique tropicale. Calathea lutea fut décrite pour la première fois en 1775 sous le nom de Maranta lutea par Jean Baptiste Christian Fusée-Aublet dans son ouvrage “Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle ». Il y faisait notamment référence au Manuscrit de Charles Plumier où celui-ci le nomme Bermudiana amplissimo cannacori folio.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTFloresta Ciliar ou Galeria, Floresta de Igapó, Floresta de Terra Firme, Floresta de Várzea
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry2
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
Specific leaf area (SLA)20.66 mm²/mg
05DNA & barcoding9 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Calathea lutea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections6
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK5★ITS4★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 698 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 025
Museum / vouchered646
Cultivated / captive9
Other18
Origin
Native16
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 596 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 332≤1 km 81≤10 km 54>10 km 26
493 georeferenced · 532 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 025
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 14≤1 km 24≤10 km 22>10 km 6
66 georeferenced · 580 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence646
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 9
9 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living9
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions36 of 89 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
204
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
46
Göteborg, SE
27
Xiamen, CN
20
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
19
Vancouver, CA
18
Bronx, US
17
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
16
St. Augustine, TT
14
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
13
Kew, GB
13
León, NI
13
Durham, US
10
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
10
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
10
Chicago, US
9
MAlocation not on record
8
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
7
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record
7
Riverside, US
6
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
6
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
6
Aarhus, DK
5
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
5
QCNElocation not on record
5
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
5
San José, CR
5
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
5
Tampa, US
4
Edinburgh, GB
4
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
4
Berlin, DE
4
Guatemala City, GT
3
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
3
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
3
Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record
3
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
3
Altos de Pipe, VE
3
Austin, US
3
Stockholm, SE
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record
2
MEXUlocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
2
Loja, EC
2
HUAlocation not on record
2
Claremont, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
JBRJlocation not on record
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
Fayetteville, US
1
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record
1
US
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
UFAClocation not on record
1
UFMSlocation not on record
1
J.M.Idrobolocation not on record
1
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
1
Lima, PE
1
Calabar, NG
1
CUVClocation not on record
1
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record
1
Universidad de Guayaquillocation not on record
1
Universidad de Córdoba (UC)location not on record
1
Iquitos, PE
1
Universidad de los Andes (UniAndes)location not on record
1
QAPlocation not on record
1
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
1
VENlocation not on record
1
La Paz, BO
1
Fundación Estación Biológica Guayacanallocation not on record
1
Fundación Desarrollo y Ambiente FUNDAlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Córdoba (UniCórdoba)location not on record
1
UFMGlocation not on record
1
Gump Stationlocation not on record
1
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
BMlocation not on record
1
OTSlocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Santarém, BR
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
89 institutions · 627 of 646 vouchered records shown · 19 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Calathea lutea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median23.7 °C 23.7–23.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.30 °C
Max temp (day)26.1 °C
Min temp (night)21.6 °C
Precipitation490 mm/mo
Air humidity75.7 %
Moisture balance362 mm/mo
Vapour deficit707 Pa
Wind speed1.10 m/s
Cloud cover39.1 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 698 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗